Photograph
Mower Wheel Paint Shop
| Workers handling mower wheels during painting process in the mower wheel paint shop at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine company before 1902. In 1902 it became the McCormick Works of the International Harvester Company. The factory was located at Blue Island and Western Avenues in the Chicago subdivision called "Canalport." It was closed in 1961. |
| Image ID: | 9785 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1900 |
| Creator Name: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company |
| City: | Chicago |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, album 90, pg. 98 |
| Original Dimensions: | 13.25 x 10.25 inches |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Work clothes |
| Factories |
| Paint industry and trade |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Blue collar workers |
| Ceilings |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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